Lining for garments



Sept. 29, 1936. F. JoNE LINING FOR GARMENTS Filed May 11, 1935 Patented Sept. 29, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE Application May 11, 1935, Serial No. 20,902 In Canada November 28, 1934 3 Claims.

The object of this invention is to overcome the annoyance, inconvenience and expense caused by the ripping and splitting of linings of coats.

A further object is to enable the tailor to furnish a garment which will not cause him embarrassment, inconvenience and expense through the changing conditions of material that have passed beyond his control.

In the manufacture of garments and particularly, coats, the linings are mostly composed of a material vastly different from the outer fabrics and which respond to changes of air and temperature in a very different manner, most outer cloths being either wholly or largely wool, which has a high degree of stretchability, while the inner cloths are mostly of a cotton base and are substantially non-stretchable.

It is customary in the manufacture of such garments to provide a fullness in the linings in an endeavour to take care of shrinkage of the lining or over-stretching of the outer cloth, but it is found in practice that in spite of such allowances a great percentage of the garments suffer from overstrain before ordinary wear affects them.

The principal feature of this invention is to provide at points where critical strains occur, an elastic insert in the lining which will permit the lining to stretch and. recover to its normal shape without disrupting the structure of the main body of the lining.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the inner side of a coat provided with my improved lining structure.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective detail showing a portion of one of the elastic seams.

In reference to the accompanying drawing the garment shown is of the type in which the outer fabric is provided with a lining 2 which is stitched around its outer margin to the outer fabric. The lining is here shown as being divided into a number of sections seamed together in a special resilient strain-relieving manner and, it will be noted that the back seam A, the side back seams B and the front seams C running lengthwise of the garment, show the arrangement of an inserted strip of material D. This material is an elastic fabric in the form of a long, narrow strip which is substantially nonstretchable lengthwise, but stretches easily in a transverse direction, and it is of a weight and texture substantially corresponding with the ordinary class of textile fabric that is used for lining purposes.

These strips of material D are fabricated with a selvedge edge at each longitudinal side, and in forming a seam the edges E of the lining material F are folded inwardly and spaced apart and then stitched to the longitudinal edges of the elastic strip D. These inserts may be placed in any desirable position in the garments and may be located on top of the shoulder or in any other desirable place in the lining where it is found that detrimental stresses occur which are liable to break the lining.

With elastic strips placed in a lining in the manner described the shrinkage of the lining fabric, which so frequently occurs, will not be detrimental to the garment, because when the wearer puts it on, wherever abnormal stress occurs, the elastic inserts will stretch easily Without disrupting any of the structure.

The invention is extremely simple, but it accomplishes a very desirable result in overcoming defectsin the manufacture of mens clothing which have existed for many years.

What I claim as my invention is:-

1. In a garment, the combination with an outer fabricated stretchable garment, of a lining formed of portions of relatively non-stretchable material connected at its marginal edges to the outer fabric, and a narrow tape-like strip of elastic material arranged in said lining between relative portions thereof and forming therewith a resilient seam to relieve abnormal stresses in the lining between the marginal points of connection thereof with the outer fabric.

2. In agarment, the combination with an outer fabricated stretchable garment, of a lining having marginal edge connections with said outer fabric and comprising sections of lining material shaped to fit the inner side of the garment and having the normally directly connected edges spaced slightly apart, and narrow tape-like strips of a transversely elastic fabric interposed between said slightly spaced-apart edges and stitched thereto to form resilientstrain-relief connections between the said normally directly connected spaced edges.

3. In a garment, the combination with an outer stretchable fabric, of a lining having marginal edge connections with said outer'fabric and comprising shaped pcrtions of comparatively nonstretchable lining material to lit the garment having adjacent turned-over edges spaced slightly apart, and narrow tape-like strips of selVedge-edged transversely elastic material closing said spaces and overlapping and secured to said slightly spaced turned-over edges forming with said sections a substantially continuous lining for the garment presenting a series of strainrelief seams between said marginal points of connection of the lining with said outer fabric.

FRANK JONES. 

